24th César Awards

24th César Awards
Date	6 March 1999
Site	Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Hosted by	Antoine de Caunes
Highlights
Best Film	The Dreamlife of Angels
Best Actor	Jacques Villeret
Best Actress	Élodie Bouchez
Television coverage
Network	Canal+

The 24th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1998 and took place on 6 March 1999 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Isabelle Huppert and hosted by Antoine de Caunes. The Dreamlife of Angels won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

Patrice Chéreau, Best Director winner

Élodie Bouchez, Best Actress winner

Daniel Prévost (left), Best Supporting Actor winner and Jacques Villeret, Best Actor winner

Dominique Blanc, Best Supporting Actress winner

Catherine Deneuve, Best Actress nominee

Best Film The Dreamlife of Angels The Dinner Game Place Vendôme Taxi Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train	Best Director Patrice Chéreau – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train Francis Veber – The Dinner Game Nicole Garcia – Place Vendôme Gérard Pirès – Taxi Erick Zonca – The Dreamlife of Angels
Best Actor Jacques Villeret – The Dinner Game Charles Berling – L'Ennui Antoine de Caunes – Man Is a Woman Jean-Pierre Darroussin – Le Poulpe Pascal Greggory – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train	Best Actress Élodie Bouchez – The Dreamlife of Angels Catherine Deneuve – Place Vendôme Isabelle Huppert – The School of Flesh Sandrine Kiberlain – For Sale Marie Trintignant – White Lies
Best Supporting Actor Daniel Prévost – The Dinner Game Jacques Dutronc – Place Vendôme Bernard Fresson – Place Vendôme Vincent Pérez – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train Jean-Louis Trintignant – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train	Best Supporting Actress Dominique Blanc – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train Anémone – Lautrec Arielle Dombasle – L'Ennui Catherine Frot – The Dinner Game Emmanuelle Seigner – Place Vendôme
Most Promising Actor Bruno Putzulu – Petits désordres amoureux Lionel Abelanski – Train of Life Guillaume Canet – In All Innocence Romain Duris – The Crazy Stranger Samy Naceri – Taxi	Most Promising Actress Natacha Régnier – The Dreamlife of Angels Marion Cotillard – Taxi Hélène de Fougerolles – Let There Be Light Sophie Guillemin – L'Ennui Rona Hartner – The Crazy Stranger
Best Writing The Dinner Game – Francis Veber Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train – Patrice Chéreau, Danièle Thompson and Pierre Trividic Place Vendôme – Jacques Fieschi and Nicole Garcia Train of Life – Radu Mihăileanu The Dreamlife of Angels – Roger Bohbot and Erick Zonca	Best First Feature Film Only God Sees Me The Dreamlife of Angels Hinterland The Perfect Guy The Kid from Chaaba
Best Cinematography Eric Gautier – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train Agnès Godard – The Dreamlife of Angels Laurent Dailland – Place Vendôme	Best Editing Véronique Lange – Taxi Luc Barnier and Françoise Bonnot – Place Vendôme François Gédigier – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train
Best Sound Vincent Arnardi and Vincent Tulli – Taxi Jean-Pierre Duret and Dominique Hennequin – Place Vendôme Jean-Pierre Laforce and Guillaume Sciama – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train	Best Original Music Tony Gatlif – The Crazy Stranger Claude Bolling and Francis Lai – Chance or Coincidence Philippe Miller – The Perfect Guy IAM – Taxi
Best Costume Design Pierre-Jean Larroque – Lautrec Sylvie de Segonzac – Don Juan Nathalie du Roscoat and Elisabeth Tavernier – Place Vendôme	Best Production Design Jacques Rouxel – Lautrec Thierry Flamand – Place Vendôme Sylvain Chauvelot and Richard Peduzzi – Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train
Best Short Film L'Interview La Vieille Barrière The Clothes Pegs Tueurs de petits poissons La Vache qui voulait sauter par dessus l'église	Best Foreign Film Life Is Beautiful Festen Central Station Saving Private Ryan Titanic
Honorary César Pedro Almodóvar Johnny Depp Jean Rochefort

See also

• 71st Academy Awards
• 52nd British Academy Film Awards
• 11th European Film Awards
• 4th Lumières Awards

External links

• Official website
• 24th César Awards at IMDb
• 24th César Awards at AlloCiné